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\nN.A.DEAN,TreasurerGEORGEF.CORCORAN,Secretary  \n# Old Settlers'Historyof York County\n\nand  \nIndividual Biographies  \nPrepared and Arranged by the Officers of theAssociation  \nEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE  \nJ.P.MILLERROBERT COPSEYROBERT HENDERSON  \nM.SOVEREIGN  \nAnnual Picnic held the Second Saturdayof August each year  \n.  \n1913  \n5.2055  \n16  \nDedicated to  \nTHE PIONEERS OF YORK COUNTY  \n\"Oh!tellme a tale of the early days-Of the times as they used to be.\"  \nNAMING OF YORK COUNTY.  \nInlooking up early incidents for the Old Settlers'History,to be kept in the County Judge's office of this county,thefirst question was,why was the County named York?Ifirst wrote to the State Historical Society at Lincoln,butcould find no reason from tlerc.I find from A.T.Andreas'history of Nebraska,and fron the help of Judge Sedgwickin investigating the Journals of the first and second Terri-torial Legislatures that met in 1855,that one A.D.Jones,;:member of the first Territorial Legislature from Douglascounty,(and by the way Omaha was the capital of Nebraskaat that date)was chairman of the committee on defining theboundauries and giving names to new counties.Mr.Jonesproposed to name the new counties after prominent leadersfrom each political party;that accounts for the name ofPolk,Hamilton,Bntler,Fillmore,('lay and many others.Seward county was first named Green,after a senator whoafter'wards joined the rebels in 1861,and the good peopleof Green county petitioned the legislature and had the nameof tleir county changed to Seward.The jounal of thefirst territorial legislature of 1855 shows that the north lineof York county was the Platte river,the boundary was laterchanged to include its present boundary.  \nYork county was named by the legislatre of 1855,longbefore any white man settled here.  \nI next wrote to A.D.Jones,who seemed to have a gooddeal to do with laying out and naming new counties in theearly day,but the letter was returned,and I learned afterthat Mr.Jones went to heaven ten yea's ago.I securedfrom early records the names of members of the first legisla-ture and wrote to quite a mumber and some of the letterswere returned ncalled for,and others were answered,stat-ng they could remember nothing of the reason for namingYork county.A party suggested that if I wrote the editorof the Bee,Mr.Rosewater,he could tell me everything.soI wrote,enclosing a stamp,and got no reply and he is astamp ahead.I recently wrote to the Public Librarian ofOmaha,for Omaha was Mr.Jones'home,and he was very  \nprominent in its early history,in fact he homesteaded theland where the principal part of Omaha now stands.Ithought this Mr.Jones,who named York county,mighthave come from York,Pa.I received tle following letter,which is the first ray of information as to why this countywas named York.  \n\"To M.Sovereign,York,Nebr.  \nDear Sir:Your letter regarding information ahout A.D.Jones has been received,and we find that Alfred D.Joneswas born in Philadelphia,Jannary 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